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More trouble for Hubble this week as the space observatory’s scientific instruments package entered safe mode again. The problems started back on October 25, when the Scientific Instrument Command and …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: November 7, 2021
NASA has managed to restart the Hubble Space Telescope, after aging technology suspended science operations for a month. It seems the iconic instrument’s career may not be coming to an end, as had been feared.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTag… Continue reading Hubble resumes science operations after month of technical issues
Tell the world that something is in short supply, and you can bet that people will start reacting to that news in the ways that make the most sense to …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: July 18, 2021
Good news this morning from low Earth orbit, where the Hubble Space Telescope is back online after a long and worrisome month of inactivity following a glitch with the observatory’s …read more Continue reading The Fix is In: Hubble’s Troubles Appear Over for Now
Dark matter is considered the glue that holds galaxies together – but a few years ago, a team of astronomers claimed to have found a galaxy that didn’t have any. Other scientists later argued it was a calculation error, but now the original team has us… Continue reading The light galaxy at the heart of a dark dispute
Astronomers say they’ve closed the case on the mysterious and unprecedented dimming of the supergiant star Betelgeuse in 2019 and 2020. A new study says that the event was caused by a combination of a big dust cloud and a drop in temperature.Continue R… Continue reading Astronomers conclude Betelgeuse isn’t dying, it’s just dusty
Astronomers are another step closer to solving one of the most intriguing cosmic mysteries of recent times – fast radio bursts (FRBs). A team has now traced five signals to their points of origin within the spiral arms of galaxies, narrowing down the l… Continue reading Five fast radio bursts tracked to home galaxies
Fresh research has cast doubt on the theory that energetic outbursts from young stars blows away the cocoon of gas from which they formed, which in turn prevents them from growing any further. The Milky Way plays host to over 200 billion stars, the ear… Continue reading Powerful protostars may not be responsible for ending their own growth
On a scale that’s hard to fathom, the universe is made up of a “cosmic web” of hydrogen filaments that feed and form galaxies. Now, astronomers have made the first direct observations of light from this web, by staring at a patch of sky with a powerful… Continue reading Glow of “cosmic web” filaments directly imaged for the first time
A team of astronomers using Hubble to hunt for an elusive type of black hole have stumbled onto an even weirder scene. In the center of a nearby globular cluster, Hubble discovered what looks like a whole gang of small black holes being uncharacteristi… Continue reading Hubble spots swarm of small black holes in nearby cluster